VACUUM CLEANER

To provide a vacuum cleaner that restrains dust from being blown into the air during dust discarding, by collecting dust in a dust collection part provided in a cleaner body, when a user puts the vacuum cleaner on a battery charger.SOLUTION: An upper part of a battery charger 5 is provided with an opening, and a dust container 54 is provided therein. The dust container 54 communicates with the opening. When a vacuum cleaner is installed on the battery charger 5, a lid body provided on an opening surface of a dust collection part of the vacuum cleaner is opened. Thus, the opening surface of the dust collection part and the opening of the battery charger 5 communicate with each other, and dust in the dust collection part is discharged into the dust container 54.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 7 【課題】使用者が充電台に電気掃除機を置いたときに、掃除機本体に備えた集塵部の塵埃を回収し、ごみ捨て時のホコリの舞い上がりを抑制する電気掃除機を提供する。【解決手段】充電台５の上部に開口部と内部に塵埃容器５４を備え、塵埃容器５４は開口部と連通し、前記電気掃除機を前記充電台５に設置した時に、電気掃除機の集塵部開口面に備えた蓋体が開くことで、集塵部開口面と充電台５の開口部が連通し、集塵部内の塵埃を塵埃容器５４内に排出する。【選択図】図７